From a Texas medical clinic's owners found guilty of Medicare fraud to the Illinois Supreme Court weighing in on the constitutionality of property tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
By Ayla Ellison - 9/24/18

Reports surfaced in May that a former CEO of Syracuse, N.Y.-based SUNY Upstate Medical University was paid $660,500 for an off-campus assignment that involved no work. Now, the state comptroller's office will look into the payment, according to Syracuse.com.
By Alia Paavola - 9/24/18

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass., agreed to pay a $230,000 settlement to resolve claims that two separate data breaches exposed the personal and health information of more than 15,000 patients.
By Julie Spitzer - 9/21/18

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Sept. 21 that non-profit hospitals in the state do not have to pay property taxes as long as the value of the charitable services they provide is equal to or greater than the taxes they would have paid, according to The Chicago Tribune.
By Leo Vartorella - 9/21/18

HHS' Office for Civil Rights fined three Boston-based hospitals — Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital — a total of $999,000 to settle a potential HIPAA violation after they allowed the TV show "Save My Life: Boston Trauma" to film on premise.
By Julie Spitzer - 9/20/18

West Chester (Ohio) Hospital recently settled lawsuits with hundreds of patients who were treated by a former physician who has since fled the country, according to court documents and sources obtained by WLWT5 News.
By Alyssa Rege - 9/20/18

The Arizona Center for Disability Law filed a lawsuit against top officials at the Arizona State Hospital, a public psychiatric hospital in Phoenix, on Sept. 12, alleging they refused to provide the group access to the facility, patients and records, according to an ABC 15 report.
By Julie Spitzer - 9/17/18

From a physician pleading guilty for his role in a $60 million fraud scheme to a Florida health system hit with a $100 million defamation suit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
By Ayla Ellison - 9/14/18

A CMS investigation revealed Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minn., violated certain patients' privacy rights by videotaping them without their knowledge during psychiatric evaluations, according to the Star Tribune, which cited documents released Sept. 12 by CMS.
By Ayla Ellison - 9/14/18

A physician at Novus, a shuttered hospice provider in Frisco, Texas, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in a $60 million fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say involved fatally overdosing patients for profit, according to The Dallas Morning News.
By Ayla Ellison - 9/14/18

Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., recently filed a lawsuit against a patient who allegedly improperly retained $1.5 million in insurance payments that should have been sent to the hospital, according to the Westchester County Business Journal.
By Ayla Ellison - 9/12/18

The American Hospital Association and six other health organizations have sued HHS for delaying the implementation of rules that would force drug companies to be open about their pricing and punish them for overcharging participants in a federal drug discount program.
By Kelly Gooch - 9/12/18

As an attorney who has exclusively represented hospitals for the last 18 years, one thing that I’ve seen that hospitals can do more of to increase their revenue is to file hospital liens in appropriate situations in states that have such laws. If you’re not familiar with such liens, simply put a hospital lien gives the hospital a legal interest or entitlement to at least a portion of any settlement or judgment proceeds due the patient from another party that caused or contributed to the patient’s injuries.
By Mike A. Aziz, Esq., Senior Partner at Clark, Mascaro & Aziz - 9/11/18

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